Blinding Snow! (Fixed)

[mpd1958]

Hello everyone. I have a problem that I have no clue how to fix. The snow in the northern reaches of Skyrim has gone blindingly white.

You can check out the screenshots on my profile page. There is one of a mountain top (day time) the way it use to be and one in Dawnstar the way it is now.

I don't use an ENB and never have so I know it isn't that. This is my mod list, and other than CoT and SFO not much has been changed. Constructive help will be appreciated.

Skyrim.esm=1
Update.esm=1
Dawnguard.esm=1
HearthFires.esm=1
Dragonborn.esm=1
ApachiiHair.esm=1
Unofficial Skyrim Legendary Edition Patch.esp=1
Campfire.esm=1
ClimatesOfTamriel.esm=1
HighResTexturePack01.esp=1
HighResTexturePack02.esp=1
HighResTexturePack03.esp=1
Unofficial High Resolution Patch.esp=1
360WalkandRunPlus-RunBackwardSpeedAdjust.esp=1
Abundant Enchantments.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dungeons-Hazardous.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dawnguard-Patch.esp=1
richmerchants10x.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Interiors-Warm.esp=1
infinichop.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Nights-Level-2.esp=1
MoonGlow.esp=1
AMatterOfTime.esp=1
JaxonzEnhGrab.esp=1
no vampire attacks before dawnguard.esp=1
1nivWICCloaksCRAFT.esp=1
RealShelter.esp=1
Convenient Horses.esp=1
Black Mage Armor.esp=1
WordWallsOfSkyrim.esp=1
CraftableDivineAmulets.esp=1
Dr_Bandolier.esp=1
Dragon Combat Overhaul.esp=1
backpack.esp=1
Female Pants.esp=1
Beards.esp=1
infiniveins.esp=1
dropblackbooks.esp=1
Enchanting Pagan Table.esp=1
hunterarmor.esp=1
Guard Dialogue Overhaul.esp=1
FourSwords.esp=1
lanterns.esp=1
drop barenziah gems.esp=1
HrokiMarriage.esp=1
drop dg elderscrolls.esp=1
Immersive Sounds - Compendium.esp=1
lpsleep.esp=1
LeftHandRings.esp=1
mek_reinforcedclothes.esp=1
RealNightEye.esp=1
RealNightEyeBlue.esp=1
RealNightEyeColorless.esp=1
RealNightEyeGreen.esp=1
RealNightEyeRed.esp=1
RealNightEyeYellow.esp=1
Rena's Craftable Clothing.esp=1
SkyFalls + SkyMills + DG + DB.esp=1
SkyFalls Dragonborn Small waterfalls.esp=1
RealisticWaterTwo.esp=1
SFO - Expanded Diversity.esp=1
Skyrim Realistic Archery.esp=1
Skyrim Unbound.esp=1
Tamriel Reloaded Mountains.esp=1
LPBards.esp=1
wizDynamicThings.esp=1
RealisticWaterTwo - Legendary.esp=1
Run For Your Lives.esp=1
RiversideLodgeReduxBE.esp=1
stoneoflearning.esp=1
SMIM-Merged-All.esp=1
RealisticWaterTwo - Waves.esp=1
Skyrim Flora Overhaul.esp=1
SkyUI.esp=1
The Paarthurnax Dilemma.esp=1
WetandCold.esp=1
WetandCold - Ashes.esp=1
ClimatesOfTamriel-Dragonborn-Patch.esp=1
RSPatch.esp=1
When Vampires Attack.esp=1
Bashed Patch, 0.esp=1

Thank You in advance for your time and help.

[mpd1958]

P.S. - I went through the archived files on blinding snow and found no solutions for a non ENB problem. I'm leary of messing with the gamma setting in the ini file as it will have an effect on things other than the snow. Yes I have tried brightness and contrast as well. Everything else is as I like it, the problem is just the snow.

[Zoron]

have you used climates of tamriel before and not had it? I use it and when a think snow storm whips up it causes a white out. That is natural in that mod though. White outs actually happen in heavy snow.

[mpd1958]

No, this is the first time that I have used CoT and if you look at the screenshots you can see that it's not snowing. I've lived in Wisconsin and Montana and I know about whiteouts first hand.
That's not what this is. Thanks though.

[Zoron]

Originally posted by mpd1958:

No, this is the first time that I have used CoT and if you look at the screenshots you can see that it's not snowing. I've lived in Wisconsin and Montana and I know about whiteouts first hand.
That's not what this is. Thanks though.

ah sorry, I assumed when you said blinding snow, well I already went on about that XD. Yeah I have that stark a55 bright snow too. Not so bad on somewhat cloudy days but clear sun days its bright as heck. I use CoT as well along with Enhanced Lights and Fx. elfx somewhat helped me a bit with it. i used to use realistic lighting overhaul but it made it too dark for me and made it look kind of light grey.

[wepfhwepfhp]

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=598895126
Is this that blinding snow of yours? To be honest, it looks the same to me all the time.
I guess you don't have enough snow around you in real life. In sunny day, the snow reflects so much light it carves your freakin' eyes out

[Zoron]

Originally posted by Friendly Player:

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=598895126
Is this that blinding snow of yours? To be honest, it looks the same to me all the time.
I guess you don't have enough snow around you in real life. In sunny day, the snow reflects so much light it carves your freakin' eyes out

thats what i was thinking, im on the dang gulf coast, only seen snow once when visiting relatives XD. Sun glare was all I got going.

[wepfhwepfhp]

Originally posted by Zoron246:

thats what i was thinking, im on the dang gulf coast, only seen snow once when visiting relatives XD. Sun glare was all I got going.

I lived in Poland and now I live in Sweden, so I get plenty of snow in winter. Ilja is from Finland so he can confirm that snow is blinding on a sunny day

[mpd1958]

Yes, I'm aware of sun glare, as I said I use to live in Montana, 15 years in fact.

Before when I played the game I could make out some details to the snow, now it's mostly just all white, no detail at all.

[wepfhwepfhp]

I suggest looking into your Skyrim directory and searching for Snow textures. Maybe they're broken or something, try deleting them and see if the problem disappears

[WalrusMan]

Originally posted by mpd1958:

Yes, I'm aware of sun glare, as I said I use to live in Montana, 15 years in fact.

Before when I played the game I could make out some details to the snow, now it's mostly just all white, no detail at all.

The effect only occurs on sunny days. Its mostly just due to how bethesda's old ass engine handles bloom and reflections.

The reason why CoT makes it apparent is because it makes daytime lighting (on days with clear skies) more intense.

Thus, the bloom effect is so strong on the white snow that you can't make out features.

There are actually patches to fix this on the Nexus, as it's a known problem with CoT. The bright days only look good in the southern regions of skyrim.

[mpd1958]

Well, thanks for the help. I guess I will just have to live with it or see if any of the merchants sell "Blue Blockers". lol

[mpd1958]

Went into Monitor controls (buttons on bottom) and selected "Image Control" and turned on "Dynamic Contrast"

[WalrusMan]

Originally posted by mpd1958:

Went into Monitor controls (buttons on bottom) and selected "Image Control" and turned on "Dynamic Contrast"

Hmmm will have to try that.